The Catholic Church in New Zealand is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope in Rome, assisted by the Roman Curia, and with the New Zealand bishops.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington
Jean Baptiste Pompallier, first bishop of Oceania, residing in New Zealand, depicted on a glass-in-lead window in Tonga
The former Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch, Francis Petre's largest completed work (1905)
The iconic Futuna Chapel, Wellington, was built in the 1960s and marked a deviation from traditional church architecture.
Suzanne Aubert
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Suzanne Aubert, better known to many by her religious name Mary Joseph or "Mother Aubert", was a French religious sister who started a home for orphans and the under-privileged in Jerusalem, New Zeala
Suzanne Aubert and her pupils in 1869
Aubert's final resting place, in the chapel of Our Lady's Home of Compassion, Island Bay, during a visit by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, on 28 October 2020